I think it is completely vague to propose that the month of Chaitra be struck off and be referred to as Baisakh, starting 2067. Bikram era calendar is a Vedic calendar that comprises of both Solar and Lunar calendars. The solar month in this calendar is the time it takes for the sun to traverse [...]
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This psychedelic view of Saturn and its rings is a composite made from images taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera using spectral filters sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 728, 752 and 890 nanometers. Cassini acquired the view on Dec. 13, 2006 at a distance of approximately 822,000 kilometers (511,000 miles) from [...]
Welcome to Kosmandu’s new blog. I’m still working on this new blog. In the next few days I will import everything from our old blogs, change the theme, add up new stuffs before being able to announce to everyone. If somehow you landed up here before I’ve finished doing everything, don’t forget to leave a [...]
Quoted from European Science Foundation. Space exploration is about to enter a third age where nations will cooperate to explore the solar system.Nicolas Peter, a research fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), told the meeting in Vienna that the era of launching space missions to bolster national prestige was long past and that [...]
This year we are celebrating 50 years of Space Age as the International Heliophysical Year. History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, [...]
VIT University Chapter of ‘Students for Exploration and Development of Space’ (SEDS) is planning to hold an SEDS International Conference (SEDSIC’ 07) on 22nd and 23rd of September 2007 at the University premises in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Events during SEDSIC-2007:Moon Rover Design Competition, Astro-Expo Exhibition, Cosmo Guide (carrer talk), Rocket Design Competition, Ham Radio, [...]
Blue Moon doesn’t actually mean a blue colored moon. The second full moon in Solar calendar is called Blue Moon, like it happened May 31st this year. The saying ‘Once in a blue moon’ comes from this very phenomenon. Read this sky and telescope article and this
Well, I am writing the first post on this blog.
Well, I have sent my second article to the magazine Science and Future. Here’s an excerpt …Saturn, Venus and Mercury are getting closer……..These three planets will stay close for the rest of the month. On 22nd Jestha, Mercury (0.9) is a bit higher and is still lining up with the other two (…there’s a map [...]
